Department of Psychiatry | Family Advisory Council

Patient- and Family-Centered Care

In the Department of Psychiatry at Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH), we want to give you and your family ways to get involved in making our care better. We recognize that families are essential members of their child’s health care team. Family members know their children better than anyone else. We welcome families’ input to help us understand and support their child’s well-being.

Psychiatry Family Advisory Council

The Psychiatry Family Advisory Council is a volunteer group of family representatives as well as members of Psychiatry leadership, who work together to improve patient care and families’ experiences in our Department. Council representatives meet quarterly, and serve a one-year term.

Accomplishments of the Council to-date:

Purchased new exercise equipment for our Inpatient Psychiatry Service

Evaluating care for patients and families who are waiting for psychiatric care on inpatient medical floors

Ramping up our Patient and Family Satisfaction surveys

Addressing the stress on families to navigate the complex mental health system

Contributing to the development plans for a new Intensive Community-Based Acute Treatment program

Making support groups more accessible

We want to hear from you!

We welcome caregivers of current Psychiatry patients to participate! To join the Council, send us an email.

If you are not interested in becoming a Council member, we still welcome your feedback. You can send any questions, comments, or concerns to the attention of the Council coordinator by using the contact information above. You may also write us a note and leave it in the suggestion boxes located in the waiting area of our Outpatient Clinic on Fegan 8, or in the entryway of our Inpatient Unit on Bader 5.

Boston Children's Hospital has been named the #1 children's hospital in the nation by U.S. News and World Report for the fifth year in a row! It's an honor that we could not have achieved without you. On behalf of every member of our Boston Children's team, thank you for inspiring us to be bolder, dream bigger, and make the impossible possible for our patients and families.